The Beauty Of Nature In The Language Of Mathematics
"The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God" - Euclid Mathematics is everywhere. It is in the objects we create; in the works of art, we admire. When we talk about Mathematics, we all think about numbers, books, computers, etc. Although we may not notice, as we discover more about our environment, we see that, nature can be described mathematically, right from the beauty of a flower, majesty of a tree, to landscapes, species of plants and animals, including human species. Geometrical Shapes We find many shapes being hidden in nature. Just after a rain, we do find a rainbow at times, which is semicircle in shape. Honeycombs of bees are hexagon shaped which increases its capacity. A sliced lady's finger has a triangle at its center . Volcanoes are conical in shape. Tesselated Pavements which are rare formed by perfect rectangles . A tree being cut has concentric circles with light and dark coloured circles. Symmetry We see that in nature, symmetry is very...